Outputs (80)

What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sarah Bodman explores the visual history of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project which has evolved over the last 13 years from a collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an international, participatory celebratio... Read More about What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night.

El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

A travelling exhibition, on show at the The Coral Gables Museum, USA. The World is a Handkerchief is a travelling exhibition rooted in the Spanish saying ‘el mundo es un pañuelo’ which translates into English as ‘this is such a small world’. The proj... Read More about El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief.

Worlds within words (2022)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman talks to Graeme Hobbs of fallowpages about his hand-printed chapbooks inspired by classic literature and place.

Postcards for Perec (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

University of Puget Sound , Collins Memorial Library:
The display (in the Reading Room) showcases the project Postcards for Perec. Georges Perec was a French novelist and filmmaker. Linda Parr coordinated an international project in which artists cr... Read More about Postcards for Perec.

KART 122 (2022)
Physical Artefact

One contributing artist for KART 122.
November this year marks the 50th anniversary of Richard Adams' book Watership Down and Kart celebrates this on the cover. KART magazine is an assembling publication promoting artistic and cultural diversity. K... Read More about KART 122.

Excellence in book art exhibition (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

Showcasing the wonder of book arts, from unique hand-made books to book sculptures selected book artists from the region and beyond.

SELECTED ARTISTS

Sarah Bodman, Louisa Boyd, Melanie Bush, Larissa Cox, Lizanne van Essen, Sarah Grace-Dye, Paul... Read More about Excellence in book art exhibition.

Beyond the pale (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

Beyond the Pale consists of responses invited by the Bodleian Bibliographical Press in parallel to a historical display taking place in the Weston Library – Foreshadowed – curated by Andrew Spira, exploring precursors to Kasimir Malevich’s Black Squa... Read More about Beyond the pale.

Connecting the dots (2022)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman links collaborative book projects by Mary V Marsh with her own printed poem created long distance during the pandemic.

Artists’ books (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

ARTISTS’ BOOKS, curated by Hannele Nyman, Galleria Duetto, Helsinki, Finland. Invited exhibitor.
Elisa Alaluusua (UK/FI), Maija Albrecht, Kristoffer Albrecht, Sarah Bodman (UK), Pirjetta Brander, Nancy Campbell (UK), Codex Polaris: Rita Marhaug (NO)... Read More about Artists’ books.

22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

On the second floor of the library, it is possible to see the unique collection of artist books of the Rikhardinkatu Library – all of its more than 470 works are on display at the 22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection. An artist book i... Read More about 22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection.

Imaged words & worded image (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

A mail art exhibition curated by David Dellafiora for Field Study International, featuring 170 artists from 25 countries.

Saturday 2nd July, until 12 August 2022.

Imaged Words & Worded Images takes it title from a book edited by Richard Kostela... Read More about Imaged words & worded image.

Two sides to every story - letterpress printed bookworks by Andrew Morrison (2022)
Journal Article

An interview with the book and letterpress artist Andrew Morrison whose studio is based in the South West of England, about his artists' books in progress that explore physical structures, phonetics and visual language.

Write Here - for Field Report (2022)
Physical Artefact

Field Report is edited and published by David Dellafiora for Field Study, Australia. It is a report of all field workers' activity over 2021 published the following year, June 2022. Artists contribute 100 pages of their 'report' which is a documentat... Read More about Write Here - for Field Report.

Ghosts in the machine (2022)
Physical Artefact

Our Ghosts in the Machine WBN publication is an A4 loose-leaf artist’s book which can be taken apart and made into a portable exhibition. Produced in an edition of 100, housed in a string tied envelope with a screenprinted title. The block of pages h... Read More about Ghosts in the machine.

Ghosts in the Machine - World Book Night 2022 (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

The theme of our WBN United Artists participatory call for 2022 was Ghosts in the Machine.

Inspired by haunting tales written by authors including M. R. James, Shirley Jackson, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Pierre de Ronsard, Fritz Lieber, Toni Morrison... Read More about Ghosts in the Machine - World Book Night 2022.

Read With Me (2022)
Physical Artefact

Read With Me. Extending from the experimental book project ‘Read to Me’, this book is the result of: a performative drawing event, readings by a psychometric reader, collages made during lockdown and words assembled from the dissected readings. It wa... Read More about Read With Me.

Ripley's Buttons (2022)
Physical Artefact

A collaboration with poet Jeremy Dixon of Hazard Press. A limited edition of 50 sets of 6 text and image badges in tribute to 'The Talented Mr Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith.

Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand (2022)
Journal Article

Norwegian artist Randi Annie Strand’s current printmaking project takes inspiration from light refraction. The artists’ books and films created for her Prism series are separate yet intertwined, and each is unique. As she explains: a book is three-di... Read More about Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand.

Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023 (2022)
Book

Articles and essays:
BOOKS BOXED – Imi Maufe asks – What happens when a book is boxed? and discusses the use and potential of box structures in artist’s book design; In the first of two pieces, David Solo reports on the – Book Art Review (BAR) Conve... Read More about Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023.

Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books (2021)
Journal Article

I spoke with Jennie Hinchcliff, Exhibitions and Events Manager at the San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) as they celebrate their 25th anniversary. SFCB was established by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch in 1996, to serve west coast and internati... Read More about Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books.